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President Gives Awards to Teachers in India

Hey, guess what?! Today is Teachers' Day! 你知道嗎?今天是教師節!

I know … You love this day! Because you love your teacher sooooo much,
right?
我知道今天是教師節，大家都很愛你們的老師，對不對?

Let's give teachers everywhere a great big clap! 請為世界各地的老師用力鼓掌。
Wow! That was loud! You must love your teacher very much!
In Taiwan, Teachers' Day is on September 28th. Other countries have Teachers'
Days too. But they're on different days.
台灣的教師節在9月28號。其他的國家也有教師節，但是慶祝的日期不同。

In India, Teachers' Day is on September 5th. This year, India's president
gave awards to 75 teachers. These teachers worked hard for their students.
They did amazing things!
印度的教師節在9月5號。今年印度總統頒獎給75位老師，讚賞他們的努力。

One teacher made an online drama. It helps kids learn. They have fun watching
it at home! 其中一位老師在線上演戲，幫助小朋友學習，讓他們在家也看得開心。

Another teacher loves his job. He comes to school every day. He hasn't missed
a day of school... for eleven years!
有一位老師很愛他的工作，他每天都到學校，11年都沒有缺席。

One teacher loves his school so much, he cleans it every day! He cleans the
toilets too! He even uses his own money to help the school!
另外一位老師也非常愛護他的學校。他每天打掃學校以及廁所，還捐錢幫助學校。

The 75 teachers in India help their students in many ways. Maybe your teacher
does too. What can you give your teacher an award for?

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Vocabulary
老師們辛苦了!

1. award 獎項
I can't believe it! 真不敢相信!
They gave me an award! 他們給了我一個獎 !
Congratulations! What is the award for? 恭喜你，是什麼獎呢?

2. job 工作
For being a wonderful teacher! 因為我是很棒的老師。
Oh wow. But you don't even like your job! 哇，可是你甚至不喜歡你的工作。

3. every day 每天
I'm beginning to like it now. 我現在開始喜歡了。
It's a good job, you know. 這是個好工作。
Sure, you get to help children every day. 當然了，每天都可以幫助小朋友。

4. learn 學習
And I'm learning something new every day. 我每天也在學習新東西。
Like how to have fun when working. 比如說怎麼在工作時玩樂。

Let's learn something new every day! 一起來讀單字。
award獎項
job工作
every day每天
learn學習

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Quiz

1. When is Teachers' Day in Taiwan?
a. September 28th
b. September 5th
c. Every day

2. Who gave teachers in India their awards this year?
a. The President
b. The Prime Minister
c. The kids

3. How many teachers in India were given awards this year?
a. 28
b. 5
c. 75








Answers:
1. a
2. a
3. c
 

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Water is Life, Water is Food

Today is World Food Day. This year, it's all about water.
今天是世界糧食日。今年的重點是水。

But, wait … we don't eat water, we drink it! Why are we talking about water
on World Food Day?
但……我們不吃水、我們喝水! 為什麼要在世界糧食日講到水呢?

Every living thing on Earth needs water. Animals need it to live. Plants need
water too. They need it to grow and to make their own food.
地球上所有生物都需要水。動植物都需要水才能生長。

Think about all the food you eat. Meat comes from animals. Animals need
water. Fruit and vegetables come from plants. Plants need water too! So
without water, there is no food.
想想看所有吃過的食物。我們吃的肉跟蔬果，都是來自動物跟植物。所以沒有水，我們就沒有食物。
Don't worry. Everyone knows that water isn't REALLY food! It's a drink, …
right?
There's a new street snack in China. It's called "grilled ice" … That's what
I said! Grilled ice!
在中國有個新的路邊小吃，叫烤冰塊，沒有錯! 真的叫做烤冰塊!

The ice is cooked over a hot flame. It's not cooked for long. It doesn't all
melt away! It's cooked with lots of tasty sauces and flavors.
把冰塊放到烤爐上烤，但是不會烤太久，再撒上很多醬料。

It was made as a joke. But people really like it, especially on hot days!
Maybe it's tasty, but we all cannot eat ice! We need water for food, so let's
protect it!
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Vocabulary

水是重要資源，沒有水就沒有生物。

1. grill 火烤
Kevin and Bob are coming tomorrow. 凱文和鮑勃明天來。
So you're planning for dinner? 所以你在計畫晚餐?
Yeah, I'm thinking of grilled pork chops. 對，我想做烤豬排。

2. meat 肉類
That's a lot of meat, don't you think? 好多肉，你不覺得嗎?
They love meat. 他們喜歡吃肉。
You're right. But fruit and vegetables would be
nice.你說得對，不過蔬菜水果也很好。

3. flavor 味道
Okay, then I'll make some apple salad too. 好吧，那我也做個蘋果沙拉。
I'll add a special sauce on it. 加上特別的醬料。
It'll be full of flavors. 會有豐富的滋味。

4. eat 吃
I can't wait to eat it. 我等不及要吃了。

Let's read today's vocabulary together.
grill火烤
meat肉類
flavor味道
eat吃

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Quiz

1. What day is today?
a. World Fruit Day
b. World Food Day
c. World Water Day

2. What is China's new street snack called?
a. Grilled water
b. Grilled ice
c. Grilled plants

3. What does every living thing on Earth need?
a. Meat
b. Vegetables
c. Water

Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. c

 

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Museum to Give Back Important Headdress

Indigenous people are the first to live in a place. Taiwan has many
Indigenous groups: Amis people, Paiwan people, Atayal people, and others.
原住民指的是最開始定居在一個地方的族群。台灣有很多原住民族，像是阿美族、排灣族、泰雅族等等。

Indigenous groups live all over the world. They have sacred traditions and
beliefs. These are very, very important things the groups do and think.
世界各地都有原住民。他們有神聖的傳統跟信仰，這對他們做事情或是思考的方式非常重要。

They have sacred things. Some are headdresses. These are beautiful head
coverings. They have important meanings.
他們有神聖的東西，例如頭飾，也就是戴在頭上的美麗裝飾，這些都有重要的意義。

The Siksika Nation is an Indigenous group in Canada. About one hundred thirty
years ago, a man from the UK took a sacred headdress from them. Then he took
it back to the UK. It was in a museum there for more than one hundred years.
西格西卡人是加拿大原住民。130年前，一名英國男子拿走族人的頭飾，帶回英國，收藏在博物館裡超過100年。

The Siksika headdress has eagle and hawk feathers. It has buffalo horns and
porcupine quills. Long ago, an important woman wore it to important religious
events.
這個頭飾有老鷹羽毛、水牛角跟豪豬的刺。很久以前，只有身分重要的女性才能穿戴去宗教場合。

Now the Siksika Nation wants it back!
現在西格西卡人想把它拿回來。

The museum is sorry they had the headdress. They know it's very important.
They're giving it back to the Siksika Nation next year.
博物館覺得很抱歉擁有這個頭飾，他們明白它的重要性，也會在明年歸還給西格西卡人。

Museums everywhere have sacred things. Let's hope these sacred things go home
to their people!
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Vocabulary
英國的博物館對這個原住民族群很抱歉，準備歸還多年前取得的頭飾。

1. tradition 傳統
Do Taiwanese women wear a white gown…台灣女子穿不穿白色禮服...
when they get married? 結婚時嗎?
Yeah, they do. It's a tradition.穿啊，那是傳統。

2. wear 穿著
People here love the color red, too. 這兒的人也喜歡紅色。
They do.是沒錯。
Brides often wear red dresses at the wedding
feast.新娘經常在喜宴上穿紅色洋裝。

3. long ago 很久以前。
Long ago my grandma told me red meant celebration.
很久以前阿嬤告訴我紅色表示慶祝。
That's right. 對。

4. hope 希望
Everybody hopes to get red envelopes on New Year's Day.
每個人都希望新年拿紅包。
I certainly hope so! 我當然這麼希望。

請來一起讀單字。
tradition傳統
wear穿著
long ago很久以前
hope希望

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Quiz

1. Where is the Siksika Nation?
a. The UK
b. Canada
c. Taiwan

2. What things are on the Siksika Nation's headdress?
a. Buffalo horns
b. Eagle quills
c. Porcupine feathers

3. When is the museum giving back the headdress?
a. This year
b. Next year
c. In one hundred years

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b

 

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Town Gets Man's Big Secret

Are you generous? A generous person gives money or help in a kind way. Maybe
you're generous. But are you as generous as Geoffrey Holt was?
你是一個慷慨的人嗎? 你能像Geoffrey Holt一樣慷慨嗎?

Who was Geoffrey Holt? Geoffrey was a nice, quiet man. People liked him. He
lived in a small town in America called Hinsdale.
他是誰呢? Geoffrey是個安靜又友善的人，他住在美國一個叫 Hinsdale的小鎮。

Geoffrey knew a lot about cars. But he didn't drive a car. He rode a bicycle
around town. That's because Geoffrey didn't like to spend much money.
Geoffrey很了解車，但是他沒有開車。Geoffrey不喜歡花很多錢，他都在小鎮裡騎腳踏車。

When he was 82, he died. But Geoffrey had a big secret. He kept the secret
for a long time.
但是Geoffrey有個秘密，大家一直到他在82歲過世的時候才發現。

Geoffrey was rich! He had about four million dollars. Wow! That's more than
125 million Taiwan dollars!
他其實很有錢，他有大約400萬美金，超過1億2500萬台幣。

Geoffrey gave all his money to Hinsdale when he died. He wanted to help his
town.
Geoffrey死後把他所有的錢留給這個小鎮，希望可以有所幫助。

The people of Hinsdale are very happy about the money. They will use
Geoffrey's money to help their town. Their schools and other things in their
town will be better.
Hinsdale的人非常高興，他們打算讓小鎮裡的學校跟其他的設備變得更好。

Geoffrey Holt was a very generous guy!
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Vocabulary
這位低調的富翁，把他所有的財富都留給他所住的地方。

1. die 死亡
How do you want to be remembered when you die? 你死的時候希望人們記得你什麼?
That's a very big question! 好大的問題!

2. kind 仁慈的
No, I'm serious.我是認真的。
Okay, I'd like people to say I love my friends.
好吧，我想要大家說我愛朋友。That I'm nice and kind.人很好很和善。

3. happy 快樂的
What about you? 你呢?
I'd like to be remembered as a happy person.我想要別人記得我是個快樂的人。

4. better 更好的
Are you happy now? 你現在快樂嗎?
I try to be.我在努力。
I believe I can do better.我相信可以做得更好。
I'll help you. 我會幫你。
Thank you! You are nice and kind. 謝謝，你真的是又好又和善。

你今天學到哪些字?
die死亡
kind仁慈的
happy快樂的
better更好的
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1. Which one did Geoffrey do?
a. Spent a lot of money
b. Drove a car
c. Rode a bicycle

2. How old was Geoffrey when he died?
a. 62
b. 82
c. 102

3. How much of Geoffrey's money did Hinsdale get?
a. Half of it
b. Most of it
c. All of it













Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. c
 

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NASA's Super-Quiet Supersonic Jet

Let's have a quick quiz! Listen: what's this?

This sound is a sonic boom. It happens when something moves faster than the
speed of sound!
這是聲爆，當物體移動的速度比聲音快就會發生聲爆。

Sound moves very fast through the air. Airplanes do too. The fastest
airplanes are jets. Some jets fly faster than sound! They're supersonic jets.
聲音在空氣中傳得很快，飛機也是這樣。最快的飛機是噴射機，超音速噴射機比聲音還要快。

One of the most famous supersonic jets was the Concorde. Most airplanes take
seven hours to fly from London to New York. The Concorde did it in three and
a half hours!
最有名的超音速噴射機是協和號客機，協和號只需要花三個半小時就可以從倫敦飛到紐約，是普通噴射機的一半。

One problem with the Concorde was the sonic boom. It was too loud! People
didn't like it.
協和號其中的一個問題是聲爆太吵了，大家不喜歡。

NASA is the space agency of the USA. Now, NASA is making a new, very quiet
supersonic jet! It's called the X-59.
美國太空總署正在製造新型的超音速噴射機，聲音很小，叫做 X-59。

NASA says the X-59 can fly from New York to London in one and a half hours!
That's much faster than the Concorde! And the sonic boom is now a little
sonic thump.
太空總署說這款飛機從紐約到倫敦只需要一個半小時! 比協和號更快!

The X-59 is a new start for much faster, much quieter flights!
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Vocabulary
超音速噴射機的聲音太吵，美國太空總署正在改善。

1. fast 快的
Wow, that was fast! 哇，飛得好快!
Yeah, so cool! 對啊，好酷 !
What kind of fighter jets are they? 那是哪一種噴射戰機?
I think they're F-16. 我想是F-16.

2. airplane 飛機
They're so much faster than an airplane. 它們比飛機快多了。
It's because they're much smaller. 因為它小很多。

3. supersonic 超音速
They can go supersonic as well.它們也可以超音速飛行。
I hope they do that now. 我希望它們現在就那樣飛。
I can't wait for the sonic boom. 我等不及要聽聲爆了。

4. loud 大聲的
It'll be so loud that you have to cover your ears. 那聲音會大到你得遮住耳朵。
Really? How exciting! 真的嗎? 好興奮!

今天的單字很有趣。
fast快的
airplane飛機
supersonic超音速
loud大聲的
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Quiz

1. What happens when something moves faster than sound?
a. Thunder
b. An explosion
c. A sonic boom

2. What kind of airplane was the Concorde?
a. A super-quiet jet
b. A superhero jet
c. A supersonic jet

3. In how many hours can the X-59 fly from New York to London?
a. Seven hours
b. Three and a half hours
c. One and a half hours

Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. c